Paring or coring tool



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Patented Dc. 4, 1951 PARING on coRmG 'rooL Purley Amos Crandell, Burnley, England, assigner to Platers & Stampers Limited, London, England, a British company Application January 26, 1946, Serial No. 643,625 In Great Britain April 3, 1944 2 Claims.

The present invention relates to tools and has particular, though not exclusive, reference to kitchen tools or utensils such as paring or coring tools.

The chief object of the present invention is to provide a tool the operative part, e. g., the blade, of which is secured to the handle in an improved manner.

According to the present invention the operative part. e. g., the blade, of the tool is assembled on the handle by insertion of one end thereof through a slot in the end wall or base of a cuplike cap or ferrule, and the said operative part, ferrule and handle are then firmly secured together.

Conveniently the operative part of the` tool is formed with an end portion which is fashioned to conform with the adjacent end of the handle and which has upstanding side portions adapted to bite into the handle. The cap or ferrule may, if necessary, be enlarged at the region where the end portion of the Aoperative part of the tool is accommodated between it and the end of the handle.

In order that the present invention may be more clearly understood and readily carried into eiect reference may now be had to the accompanying drawings illustrating by way of example a kitchen tool embodying the invention and in which: f

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the tool showing the parts thereof separated;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the cap or ferrule;

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on line III- III of Fig. l;

Fig. 4 is a view showing the parts assembled.

In applying the present invention to a paring or coring tool having a blade and a handle the inner end or tang I of the blade 2 is of arcuate transverse cross sectional contour and has about the same width or extent as the width or extent of the blade 2 measured between the free edges 3 of the convergent sides 4 thereof, and the longitudinal side edges of the tang throughout the length thereof are bent to provide abruptly inwardly converging portionsor tongues 5 which are adapted to penetrate the end 6 of the handle throughout the length of the end 6 when the blade is assembled on the handle. The end wall or base 'I of a cup-like cap or ferrule 8 is slotted 50 peripherally as shown at 9 to receive the tang I of the blade 2 which consequently lies, when as- 2 sembled with the handle, between the end 6 of the handle and the continuous side wall or ilange I0 of the cap or ferrule 8 encasing the end portion of the handle as shown in Fig. 4. The slot 9, it will be observed, is of a shape conforming to the transverse cross sectional contour of the edge portions 5 of the tang I and the portion of the tang between such edge portions 5. The blade 2 and the cap or ferrule 8 are secured to the handle by means of a stud or nail II which passes through the side wall or ange I0 of the cap or ferrule 8 and the tang I of the blade 2 into'the end 6 of the handle. If desired or necessary the cap or ferrule 8 may be oiset or enlarged locally as shown at I2 to conform with the contour of the tang I of the blade 2.

What I claim is:

1. A tool comprising a blade, said blade having a tang of arcuate transverse cross sectional contour and provided with abruptly inwardly converging longitudinal edge portions throughout the length of said tang. a handle having an end portion penetrated by said longitudinal edge portions of the tang coextensive with the length of said tang and conforming to the arcuate contour of the tang intermediate said longitudinal edge portions, and a ferrule having a base provided with a tang receiving passage conforming to the transverse cross sectional contour of said edge portions of the tang and the portion of the tang intermediate said edge portions and having a continuous side wall encasing the end portion of the handle and the tang.

2. A tool as claimed in claim l, in .which the side wall of the ferrule is offset outwardly to provide a space between its inner surface and the opposite surface of the handle conforming to the contour of the tang.

PURLEY AMOS CRANDELL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,222,388 Zimmer Nov. 19, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 344,296 Great Britain t Mar. 5, 1931 

